Curtis Davies has officially left Hull City, joining Derby County for an undisclosed fee.

The defender enjoyed four memorable years at the KCOM Stadium, but believes it is time he moved onto the next chapter of his career.

As such, Alex Thurston presents Curtis Davies' top five moments in black and amber.

Scoring a goal in the FA Cup final

The best moment in a City shirt for Davies has to be his goal to put the Tigers 2-0 up in the FA Cup final in 2014. After a complete goal-fest in the semis, fans were over the moon to find their team 2-0 up against Arsenal after a scruffy but ever important Curtis Davies tap in.

The goal started with some tricky work on the wing from Stephen Quinn, before whipping in a dangerous ball which met the head of Alex Bruce, who headed towards the Gunners’ goal.

Although Arsenal keeper at the time Lukasz Fabianski got his hands to the first effort, he could only parry out to the feet of Curtis Davies, who smashed the ball into an open net to fire City two goals ahead in the final.

A truly magical moment for every single Hull City fan, one that will not ever be forgotten for years to come.

Half-time team talk which changed the FA Cup semi final

Before City even reached the final of the competition, they had to face a Sheffield United side with absolutely nothing to lose.

With the majority of City fans that day travelling to the capital expecting their side to win comfortably, it came as a great shock when the Tigers were trailing 2-1 at the half time break. In the second half, City managed to pull an absolute goal-fest out of the bag, eventually defeating United 5-3, with goals from Yannick Sagbo, Matty Fryatt, Tom Huddlestone, Stephen Quinn and David Meyler.

However, it was only after the final whistle has blown that it was revealed that club captain Curtis Davies was possibly the reason for such a remarkable turnaround in such an important game.

When the Tigers’ players went into the dressing room at half time, Davies was the man giving the team talk, expressing his views on his teammate’s first half performance to them before they went out again for the second half.

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This true leader’s act proved to be vital, pushing the team to go out and score four goals in the second half, ultimately winning them a place in the FA Cup final, and a shot at European football.

Huge tackle made in the Play-off final

When City came up against local rivals Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley, nobody knew how the game would go. Davies didn’t score or make a captain’s half time team talk, but he did have a stand out performance in the game which sent Hull City back to the Premier League.

The match was cagey from start to finish, with not too many chances on offer for either side on that day. However, there was one moment where Wednesday got in behind the City centre halves, being Davies accompanied by Michael Dawson. Wednesday danger man Fernando Forestieri found himself baring down on goal, with only City keeper Eldin Jakupovic standing in front of him, when out of nowhere Davies comes flying in with a perfectly timed tackle to send the ball behind for a corner.

The sheer importance of this tackle was immense, yet if Davies mistimed it even slightly, it would have been a stonewall penalty for Wednesday. Although it could be argued that this didn’t win City the game, Davies managed to nip Wednesday’s best chance in the game in the bud against all the odds.

With a clean sheet intact, City then went on the secure the win and Premier League football after a screamer from Mohamed Diame. Both City’s attacking and defensive abilities shone through in this game, ultimately showing the neutrals that they deserved another shot at the Premier League.

Davies’ humorous approach to an unprepared Premier League pre-season campaign

After the pure ecstasy of promotion back to the Premier League, the City squad went away for pre-season training. However, with ongoing problems with the club’s owners and fan protests, the Tigers found themselves with only nine fit players training out in Austria.

Some of the players found this odd situation amusing though, with Curtis Davies taking to Twitter and tweeting “Hull City squad photo 2016/17 #HCAFC #TheBigLeague” accompanied by a picture of the nine fit players.

It’s easy to see that Davies has a good sense of humour, however even when the squad was at its bare minimum at the start of the Premier League campaign, Davies along with the rest of the boys gave their all, and even managed an opening day victory at home to the reigning champions Leicester City.

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Although Davies did not feature in the first leg of this fixture away from home at Lokeren, he captained The Tigers in their first ever home European fixture at the KCOM.

Even though City won the game 2-1, they failed to go through to the next round of the competition. The score line finished 2-2 on aggregate, sending Lokeren through on the away goals rule.

Without a doubt though, captaining a club to their first appearance in Europe is an accomplishment in itself, and Davies will be remembered by fans as a favourite at the club over the four years he’s been here